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Inventor, lithium-ion battery anode
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Father of the Microprocessor
Chief Director of Liquid Crystal Display Development
President and CEO
Eastman Kodak
Co-inventor OLED
Magnolia Audio Video
Magnolia Audio Video
Eastman Kodak
Co-inventor of OLED
President and CEO
Satellite Radio Pioneer and Innovator; co-founder Sirius XM Radio
Already a satellite communications legend, Robert Briskman should have been contemplating retirement as he approached his 60th birthday in 1990. Instead, Briskman co-founded Satellite CD Radio – now Sirius XM – developing and implementing the first major advancement in radio since Edwin Howard Armstrong invented FM radio, and revitalizing the radio industry.
Born in New York City on Oct. 15, 1932, Briskman earned his B.S. in engineering from Princeton University in 1954, and his master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland in 1961. As chief of program support for NASA's Office of Tracking and Data Acquisition from 1959 to 1963, he invented the unified S-band microwave communications system still used by the International Space Station, receiving NASA's Apollo Achievement Award for his work.
After leaving NASA, Briskman worked for the Communications Satellite Corporation and then COMSAT General Corporation, holding a variety of positions. During his time at COMSAT, Briskman was responsible for, or was involved in, a long list of satellite communication firsts, including satellite command and control for the launch of INTELSAT I (the first commercial communications satellite), the development and implementation of the INTELSAT global communications system, the COMSTAR satellite system, and the first TDMA system used for voice and data communications services for IBM. Briskman was also responsible for planning domestic communications services via satellites, including AT&T's satellite system.
He then served as senior vice president of engineering for Geostar from 1986 to 1990, where he was responsible for the development, design, implementation and operation of the company's Radio Determination Satellite Service (RDSS), which enabled positioning and message communications between mobile users and dispatch centers.
In 1990, former Geostar president Martin Rothblatt founded MARCOR, an incubator company, and asked Briskman to come aboard to assist in several of the proposed development ventures. One of these incubator companies, Satellite CD Radio, was established to discover if the idea of satellite radio was feasible. Briskman thought it was.
Briskman transformed his satellite radio theories into patented developments on satellite spatial and time diversity, which enables mobile users to receive satellite audio transmissions with almost no outages. He implemented the entire satellite radio technology infrastructure – the satellites, earth stations, terrestrial repeaters and consumer receivers – to make satellite radio practical. His efforts included a new digital broadcast technology called SDARS (Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service), which broadcasts digital audio from satellites in the 2332 MHz band.
Briskman designed and directed the construction of three of the then most powerful commercial broadcast satellites, each producing two megawatts of radiated power, and launched them into a "figure 8" geosynchronous orbit over the Americas in 2000. The unique elliptical orbit that Briskman devised achieves the highest possible elevation angle of the satellites to the three-channel mobile receivers he designed. As a result, Sirius XM radios can almost always capture the signal, even in urban centers.
Briskman designed and built the earth stations and satellite control facility technologies to complete the Sirius system. On the business side, he helped procure the radio frequency allocations from the FCC, finalized in 1993, and aided CD Radio CEO, David Margolese in raising the needed $1.4 billion to launch the service. In 1999, the company was renamed Sirius Satellite Radio.
Sirius started broadcasting on July 1, 2002. Briskman's technology was then licensed to competitor XM, which merged with Sirius in 2008. Today, Sirius XM subscribers can receive more than 160 audio channels, including 65 commercial-free music channels and 95 voice channels featuring sports, news, entertainment, traffic, commentary, weather and other topics.
Satellite radio now has more than 23 million U.S. subscribers and another two million in Canada, with more than 50 million estimated listeners.
After retiring from the board of directors and other executive positions, Briskman assumed the title of technical executive to concentrate on finishing and improving the technical implementation of the Sirius XM system. He has successfully launched a record 31 consecutive satellites; a 32nd is due to launch in 2013.
Briskman has been honored by a multitude of satellite, science and engineering organizations including the AIAA (The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics), the Washington Academy of Sciences, the IEEE, the SSPI (Society of Satellite Professionals International) and the Space Foundation.
Digital Television Pioneer
For 70-plus years, there was only one method used to broadcast over-the-air television, an analog method prone to interference from nearly anything and everything inside and out, including simply walking by a TV antenna. Persnickety TV reception has all but disappeared with digital television thanks to an interference-free digital transmission system called VSB (Vestigial Side Band) invented by former Zenith researcher Richard W. Citta.
Instead of toiling over schematics, test equipment and equations in a lab, Citta discovered the solutions to the digital broadcasting problem while lying flat on his back in a hospital bed.
Citta was born on July 17, 1944. Like many teens in the 1950s, Citta and his friends were ham radio operators, building their sets from kits sold at local electronics stores. In high school, Citta tinkered with cars and fixed all the teachers' TVs. He worked on electronics sets others had bought and were unable to complete, and discovered he could.
He earned his B.S. in electrical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1968 and his master's in the same subject from the University of Washington in 1971. During his first 20 years at Zenith, Citta's work included developing unique modulation technologies for cable set-top boxes and two way interactive cable TV systems.
Citta's initial work on VSB began in 1987, when he and his group at Zenith embarked on new modulation technologies for cable transmission and terrestrial broadcasting. In the spring of 1988, Citta – nicknamed "Wolfman" thanks to his thick and wild salt-and-pepper hair and beard – was perched precariously atop a ladder while painting his house. The ladder gave way and Citta fell, crushing his left ankle.
With little else to occupy him while lying immobile in a hospital bed, Citta stared at the ceiling pondering the HDTV transmission problem – and experienced a "Eureka!" moment. He jotted down some notes and drew diagrams for what would become the new VSB digital TV transmission scheme and presented his concept to Zenith higher-ups when back on the job a few weeks later.
VSB modulation employs unique technology to prevent interference into existing NTSC (analog) broadcast signals. It contains a unique pilot signal to aid in reception under extremely adverse receiving conditions resulting from white noise, impulse noise and multipath impairments.
Citta's breakthrough enabled the use of the previously unusable or "taboo" channels in the VHF and UHF television broadcast spectrum. VSB was first proposed as an HDTV transmission method in Zenith's 1988 proposal to the FCC's Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Service (ACATS). Based on the success of these demos, Citta and the Zenith team developed the so-called 8-VSB transmission system, employed by the HDTV Grand Alliance, which was formed in May 1993.
Citta led exhaustive testing under both laboratory and real-world conditions. The Grand Alliance standard was finalized in September 1995 after several successful transmission field tests in Charlotte, N.C. In December 1996, VSB was officially adopted by the FCC as the centerpiece of the nation's new digital television broadcast standard. In January 2001, the FCC reaffirmed 8-VSB once, for all and forever.
Citta led many of the technological innovation efforts that facilitated the end of analog TV broadcasting and its complete replacement by the digital VSB technology. These efforts laid the foundation for the FCC's simulcast rules during the transition from analog to all-digital broadcasting between 1996 and June 2009.
Today, more than 1,800 U.S. television broadcasters are broadcasting digitally using VSB. Hundreds of millions of digital TV sets have been sold in the U.S. market alone, all of which must contain VSB demodulators.
After retiring from Zenith in 2000, Citta was named chief scientist for LINX Electronics designing digital TV receivers. He spent three years as chief scientist for chip maker Micronas developing custom integrated circuits and chips for use in HDTVs, and two years as a consultant with Thomson before founding his own consulting firm, the R. Citta Group, which develops concepts for enhancing the mobile ATSC DTV ecosystem.
Citta, has been awarded roughly 200 patents, with many still pending. He is a charter member of the Academy of Digital Television Pioneers and, along with other Zenith colleagues, received the prestigious IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award in 2006 for development of the VSB transmission system. In 1997, Citta and the Zenith team received the Engineering Emmy from the Academy of Television Arts and Science. He is the only two-time recipient of Zenith's highest technical honor, the Robert Adler Technical Excellence Award (1988 and 1994) and was honored by the University of Washington for his pioneering efforts behind the ATSC Digital TV Standard that transformed the way we enjoy television today.
Bjorn's Audio Video
Although he never learned to play an instrument, Bjorn Dybdahl's love of music led him to found one of the country's most innovative and successful AV and custom install retailers, Bjorn's Audio Video, in northern San Antonio, insisting, "We sell entertainment and fun, not equipment."
Dybdahl was born June 4, 1943, in Oslo, Norway. When he was six, his parents immigrated to the U.S., settling in Minneapolis. The young Dybdahl soon developed a passion for classical music; his first record was what he thought was the theme for "The Lone Ranger" – the William Tell Overture. From there, Dybdahl discovered composers such as Beethoven, Brahms and Tchaikovsky, literally wearing out records, which he played on a portable record player in his room. Like many kids in the 1950s, his first job was as a paperboy. He then was hired as a stock boy at Dayton's department store. These jobs made him realize how much he enjoyed dealing with customers.
Without a specific career goal after graduating from high school, Dybdahl joined the Air Force in December 1961. Five months later, he married his high school sweetheart Sharon (Shari). Stationed in San Antonio, Dybdahl soon realized he didn't want to make the Air Force a career and started college at St. Mary's University in San Antonio while still serving. He graduated in 1971 with a degree in political science.
In 1967, a year before leaving the Air Force, Dybdahl started working for Bill Case Sound, a small audio store in San Antonio, to discover if he could turn his hi-fi avocation into a profession. At first, Dybdahl thought he would move back to Minneapolis after leaving the service and open a hi-fi shop.
But upon his discharge, Dybdahl realized he had no money, a wife, a daughter, another child on the way, and that he hated snow. He continued to work for Case until the summer of 1975.
At loose ends, Dybdahl received encouragement from several old Case customers. One previous customer called Dybdahl and asked how much he needed to open his own hi-fi store. Dybdahl got a loan of $15,000 with no strings attached and, together with an SBA loan, was able to open a 1,000-square-foot store on October 1, 1975. He and a bookkeeper were the store's lone employees. Less than a year later, Dybdahl hired his second employee and a custom installer, although at the time, neither Dybdahl nor anyone else knew what a "custom installer" was.
Founded the year Sony introduced the Betamax and on the eve of the home video and home theater revolutions, Bjorn's began concentrating on "systems," before "home theater" was even a term, helping to introduce the latest home theater innovations to the San Antonio area. In 1976, Bjorn's introduced the first two-piece video projector; two years later, Dybdahl integrated a multi-channel Audio Pulse system with a large screen projector and a laserdisc player to create an early surround sound demo.
Bjorn's helped introduce the CD, and was one of the first to demo HDTV, home THX and direct broadcast satellite (DBS) TV. Bjorn's gave the first public demos of Dolby AC-3 (aka Dolby Digital), dual-layer DVD, HDTV and Pioneer's first plasma TV. In 2006, Bjorn's presented the first U.S. consumer demos of Blu-ray and HD-DVD and in 2007, one of the first 3DTV debuts with Texas Instruments and Mitsubishi. Dybdahl appeared as an HDTV spokesperson for Time Warner Cable TV ads, and has produced numerous broadcasts to educate consumers about HDTV.
Dybdahl was an early member of PARA and a founding member of CEDIA. Audio Video International magazine has named Bjorn's an Audio/Video Retailer of the Year every year since 1987, and in 2000, Frost & Sullivan presented Bjorn's with its Market Engineering Award for customer service leadership.
Bjorn's continues to grow, having expanded four times. Its current location, a 25,000 square foot building, is accompanied by a 25,000 square foot warehouse, an installation group staffed by a dozen installers and a service department. "Yes, Bjorn's still fixes stuff," Dybdahl says. He continues to prowl the show floor, helping customers on a regular basis.
Inventor of the computer mouse; father of hypermedia
Douglas Engelbart envisioned how to create, access and share ideas and information using computers, as well as how people could interact with one other and work together more effectively in a connected world.
To bring this holistic system into existence, Engelbart created windowed screen design, the user interface, hypermedia, collaborative computing, multimedia, knowledge management and the mouse. His seminal work beginning in the early 1960s led to the creation of the graphical user interfaces (GUIs) now used on all computing devices, and laid the foundation for how and why most of us use computers and the Internet today.
Engelbart was born in Portland, Ore., on Jan. 30, 1925, to Carl Louis Engelbart and Gladys Charlotte Amelia Munson Engelbart. He attended Oregon State College (renamed Oregon State University) for a year, but was drafted, serving two years in the Navy. In 1948, he returned to Oregon State and earned a B.S. in electrical engineering. His first job out of college was at the Ames Research Center, run by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the precursor to NASA.
In 1951, Engelbart got engaged to his wife, Ballard and returned to school, earning a master's (1953) and a Ph.D. (1955) from the University of California at Berkeley in electrical engineering with a specialty in computers. He stayed on at Berkeley as an acting assistant professor, and in 1957, moved on to the Stanford Research Institute (SRI, now SRI International).
At SRI, Engelbart began to develop tools to augment how people and organizations collect, use and share information. One of these technologies was hypermedia, the linking of one piece of data to another, developed independently but simultaneously in 1964 with east coast-based Ted Nelson, who coined the terms "hypertext" and "hypermedia."
For Engelbart, hypermedia was part of a larger integrated system. The foundation of the first hypermedia groupware system was dubbed NLS (oN-Line System). To help navigate NLS, Engelbart experimented with "screen selection" devices – pointers to navigate information presented on a computer screen including a light pen, a foot pedal, a knee apparatus and even a helmet-mounted device.
In 1961, Engelbart envisioned a pointing device that would traverse a desktop on two small wheels, one turning horizontally, the other vertically, each transmitting rotation coordinates to determine the location of a floating on-screen pointer. Two years later, lead engineer Bill English built one from Engelbart's sketches. Encased in a carved out wooden block with perpendicular wheels mounted in the underbelly, it had only one button – that was all there was room for. Someone lost to history started calling it "the mouse."
Engelbart and his crew experimented with additional buttons, working up to five, before settling on three by 1968. SRI patented the mouse, naming Engelbart as its inventor.
At the Joint Computer Conference, a semi-annual meeting of major computing societies in San Francisco on Dec. 9, 1968, Engelbart conducted what has become known as "The Mother of All Demos," a seminal event in the history of contemporary computing. In front of 1,000 computer professionals, Engelbart and his geographically remote colleagues conducted the first public demonstration of the mouse, hypermedia and hyperlinking, display editing, windows, cross-file editing, idea/outline processing, collaborative groupware, and on-screen video teleconferencing – all brand new concepts and technologies at the time.
Engelbart also was involved in the development of the Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) ARPANET. On Oct. 29, 1969, Engelbart's lab was at the receiving end of the first message transmitted over ARPANET, which would eventually lead to inception of the Internet.
In the early 1970s, several of Engelbart's ARC engineers landed at Xerox's new Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), incorporating some of Engelbart's more tangible ideas into the Xerox Alto, the first personal computer with a GUI and a mouse. The GUI/mouse system developed for the Xerox Alto was later adapted for Apple and Windows operating systems.
In 1989, Engelbart, and his daughter, Christina, formed the non-profit Bootstrap Institute, which was renamed the Doug Engelbart Institute in 2008, and is now run by Christina.
Engelbart has been awarded 20 patents and is the recipient of multiple awards and honors including the PC Magazine Lifetime Achievement Award (1987), the IEEE Computer Pioneer Award (1993), the Lemelson-MIT Prize (1997), induction into the Computer Hall of Fame and the U.S. National Medal of Technology, presented by President Bill Clinton (2000) and the Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition (2005).
Charlie Ergen is a bona fide gambler. In between jobs, he and a friend literally tried their hands in Las Vegas dealing blackjack and playing poker. But his biggest gamble was investing in the nascent satellite TV business, a bet that resulted in the founding of EchoStar and DISH, the pioneering satellite TV service.
Born March 1, 1953, Ergen's interest in technology may well have been influenced by his birthplace – Oak Ridge, Tenn., a sleepy village built into a factory town by the federal government during World War II to produce plutonium for the atomic bomb – and by his father, William, an Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientist. Ergen's interest in business may have come from his mother, Viola, who was business manager of the Children's Museum of Oak Ridge.
Ergen earned a bachelor's degree in general business and accounting from the University of Tennessee, and an M.B.A. from Wake Forest University. His first job out of school was as a CPA and financial analyst for Frito-Lay, from 1976-1978.
By 1980, Ergen and a friend, Jim DeFranco, drifted to Las Vegas to make their way as professional gamblers. But they were evicted from a Las Vegas casino for card counting. Once again at loose ends, DeFranco spotted a truck carrying a large C-band satellite dish and a business idea was hatched. DeFranco, Ergen and Ergen's wife, Cantey – known as Candy – started EchoSphere, a door-to-door C-band satellite TV sales and installation business.
The trio pooled $60,000 in savings, bought two satellite dishes and headed to Colorado – they figured folks got poor over-the-air reception in the mountainous state. Ergen and DeFranco would drive to rural towns to deliver the C-band dishes for up to $15,000 plus $600 for installation, a dollar per mile more past 50 miles outside of Denver – unless the pair was allowed to rest for the night at the customer's home.
By 1985, EchoSphere had earned more than $100 million in revenue. But Ergen believed the only real path to growth was to launch his own satellite. In 1987, Ergen and DeFranco applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) license, which was approved in 1992.
Ergen contracted with China to launch his bird, and on Dec. 28, 1995, a rocket bearing EchoStar I was launched successfully from Xichang, China. DISH, with a newly-built satellite uplink center in Cheyenne, Wyo., began broadcasting in March the following year. A second satellite was launched and a second customer service center was opened later that year.
Within four months, DISH reached the 100,000 subscriber milestone and the company celebrated its millionth customer following the launch of EchoStar III on Oct. 5, 1997, from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Two years later, EchoStar bought the broadcasting assets of a satellite broadcasting joint-venture between News Corporation's ASkyB and MCI Worldcom, more than doubling DISH's continental U.S. broadcasting capacity. In 1999, DISH unveiled the DISH 500, the world's first satellite TV system, with more than 500 channels. In 2000, DISH released its first HDTV receiver. Over a six-month period straddling 1999-2000, its stock rose from $5 to $79.
Ergen also fought for the satellite broadcast industry by helping secure passage of the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act in 1999, which allowed satellite broadcasters to carry local stations.
By August 2003, DISH had launched EchoStar IX from a floating platform at the equator, the first Ka satellite; in all, DISH has launched a dozen satellites. By 2004, DISH became the first satellite TV service to offer local channels to all 50 states, the first to develop a UHF remote control and the first to sell a satellite receiver for less than $200. In 2012, DISH unveiled the Hopper, a whole-home HD DVR system that can record six channels simultaneously and allows customers to automatically skip commercials on most PrimeTime Anytime DISH programming.
In May 2011, Ergen stepped down from his role as president and CEO to become chairman of the board. When not tending to DISH business, Ergen climbs mountains. A member of the Colorado Mountain Club, Ergen is has climbed each of the state's 14,000-foot peaks, as well as Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Mount Aconcagua in Argentina and the Mount Everest base camp in Nepal.
His biggest achievement, however, is his 30-year-plus marriage to his wife, Candy, and their five children.
ITA (International Tape Association)
Audio cassettes were still a curiosity in the late 1960s, and videotape was used only in television studios. But a Los Angeles restaurateur, radio and TV personality, music recording pioneer and entrepreneur named Larry Finley saw the future of both audio and video tape, founding the ITA (International Tape Association) in 1970. ITA and its later incarnations – IRMA (International Recording Media Association) and, today, the CDSA (Content Delivery & Security Association) – played pivotal roles in establishing the home recording and video business.
Born May 4, 1913, in Syracuse, N.Y., Finley and his cousins built crystal radio sets like many boys in the early 1920s – except Finley sold them to families who wanted to hear radio broadcasts in their homes. His youngest cousin, Rod Serling, became fascinated by these radios and would go on to write radio plays and create The Twilight Zone.
Finley began his long and eclectic professional career at 18 as manager of a local nightclub, the Cafe DeWitt. Enticed by the glamour of Hollywood, he moved to Los Angeles and opened Finley's Credit Jewelers in Burbank, adding stores in Hollywood and throughout the LA area. To promote his burgeoning business, Finley staged street dances and concerts featuring famous musicians.
In 1944, Finley opened the Casino Gardens Ballroom in San Diego, partnering with Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey. After the ballroom closed, Finley moved back to Los Angeles in the early 1950s opened up Larry Finley's restaurant on Sunset Boulevard, next door to the world famous Mocambo. On the heels of his MC'ing experience at Casino Gardens, Finley decided to initiate a radio show on KFWB, The Larry Finley Show, broadcast nightly from his restaurant. He recorded his shows on the latest audio tape format, and syndicated them around the country.
In 1954, Finley produced an early 24-hour TV telethon, raising more than $l.5 million for the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, Calif., for which he received the Los Angeles City of Hope Torchbearer Award.
Finley also became an early television pioneer; Finley Productions Inc. was the first west coast independent TV production company. He hosted a series of music-based local TV shows in the late 1950s on KTLA-TV and KABC-TV. Finley kinescoped and sent these shows by the Armed Forces Network to troops in Korea.
On radio and TV, Finley interviewed the biggest entertainers of the day and introduced new stars, including Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Lou Rawls, Johnny Ray, Les Paul and Mary Ford. He also became friendly with entertainment industry heavyweights such as Howard Hughes, Louella Parsons, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez, and Walter Winchell.
In 1960, Finley moved to New York City and became president of Tops Records, and later, director of sales at MGM Records. Recognizing the potential of 8-track tape, Finley founded the International Tape Cartridge Corporation (ITCC) in 1965. Finley acquired audio tape rights from the leading 27 record labels, making ITCC the largest provider of entertainment on 8-track tape. During that year, Finley held the exclusive rights and licenses for all music on 8-track tape. Philips licensed much of Finley's catalog for use on its new compact audio cassette format.
In late 1969, Finley was approached to start an association for this new, quickly developing cassette tape industry. ITA was formed in 1970 with eight member companies, including Panasonic, Philips and TDK.
To establish quality and ethics standards within the tape industry, Finley contacted 3M, the major supplier of blank tape at the time, and convinced them to adhere to a labeling standard. Finley also fought successfully to keep commercial and consumer analog tape format decisions out of government hands.
In 1979, Finley left ITA and formed Larry Finley Associates, which acquired programming for home video. He also became a proponent of the VHS format, and by so doing, became known as the Father of Video Tape. He encouraged JVC to license its VHS technology to duplicators and loaders, which allowed third-party vendors to produce and distribute video tape titles around the world – the basis of the entire packaged home video business. In 1984, he was inducted into the Video Hall of Fame.
Finley passed away on April 3, 2000, at his home in Long Island, N.Y. "It takes a great man to create a business, but it takes a visionary to create an entire industry," said a former associate. "Larry Finley was such a visionary."
h.h. gregg
A man bought a TV from a new electronics and appliance store. Over a holiday weekend, the TV stopped working. The customer called the store's owner – at home. The owner told the customer to meet him at the store with the broken TV in 20 minutes. The owner unlocked the store and got the customer a new TV.
That story sums up the successful five decade-plus customer-focused "Our progress will come through satisfying the customer" philosophy of Indianapolis-based h.h. gregg and its founders Henry Harold Gregg, better known as "Hine," and his wife, Fansy. It is this philosophy that has allowed h.h. gregg to grow from one small storefront into a nearly 200-store national chain generating more than $2 billion in sales.
Hine, a Navy veteran of World War II, was managing the Biddle Screw Products appliance store in Sheridan, a small town 25 miles northwest of Indianapolis. Fansy was the home service director for the Gibson Company in Indianapolis and traveled around Indiana and Illinois teaching retailers to sell and operate appliances and giving customer demonstrations. She would also go to homes and instruct owners how to operate new-fangled automatic clothes washers. One of her Gibson training stops in 1949 was at Biddle, where she met Hine.
Hine moved to Indianapolis to take a job as an appliance salesman for A.C. Zickler at 4930 North Keystone Avenue and later became store manager. Two years after they married, Hine and Fansy used $3,000 they had saved and purchased A.C. Zickler's 800-square-foot showroom, opening on April 15, 1955. The Gregg's sold Admiral, RCA, Spartan and Whirlpool washing machines, clothes dryers, refrigerators and outdoor grills out front while Zickler continued to run his plumbing business in the rear. They soon also started selling "brown goods" including black-and-white TVs.
A newspaper ad six months later exclaimed "APPLIANCES at ZICKLER'S," with "h.h. gregg, Proprietor" listed at the bottom. Hine served as the sales force while Fansy was in charge of the office. More importantly, that ad also asserted "We Will Be Here Tomorrow to Service the Appliance You Buy Today."
The Gregg's used off-duty firemen as delivery men, or Hine and the customer would load the goods into the store's old red pick-up truck and make the delivery.
Gregg's started to really grow once they started selling color TVs. On January 1, 1960, the couple invited guests to their home to watch the football bowl games on their RCA color TV. After three years of these personal demos, the couple added a "color room" to their new 5,200-square-foot headquarters, three blocks from the former Zickler store and began hosting their annual New Year's Day football festivities there.
The business' growth didn't diminish the Gregg's dedication to customer service. Hine took the store's TV "tube caddie" home with him in case he had to personally make a house call to fix a tube.
Mrs. Gregg's son, Gerald Throgmartin, joined the company after 10 years of sales experience at Sears. Her other son, Don, came aboard in 1969, and two years later went to manage the firm's second store in Kokomo, Indiana, for 10 years. Also in 1971, the Gregg's opened their third store, on the south side of Indianapolis.
Hine died in 1974, the same year a fourth location opened in Anderson, Indiana, and Gerald took over day-to-day management of the company. The following year, a fifth h.h. gregg's opened on Indianapolis' east side, just as Hine and Fansy's grandson, Jerry Throgmartin, joined the business while still a teenager. Fansy continued to work until 1983 before retiring to Florida. She passed in 2004.
In 1989, Gerald Throgmartin became chairman and CEO, while his son Jerry was promoted to president and COO. In 1999, when there were 19 h.h. gregg stores, Jerry became company chairman, CEO and director. A fourth generation of Throgmartins joined the family business when Jerry's son Gregg started work in early 2001. In 2007, the company went public on the New York Stock Exchange.
Thanks to Jerry Throgmartin's leadership and stewardship of Hine and Fansy's devotion to customer service, h.h. gregg's now has 190 locations with stores in 15 states including Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Pittsburgh, South Carolina and Virginia. Jerry unexpectedly passed away in January 2012 at the age of 57.
Getting into business with friends and family – especially in-laws – can be a trying experience. But Koo In Hwoi, founding chairman of LG, believed in "harmony among people." At the time of the company's founding, LG was run by several families and organized by close acquaintances, including in-laws. Koo's harmonious business philosophy promoted consensus-based decision-making and support followed by full compliance once a decision was made.
Koo's "noiseless" business management turned LG into a $120 billion global conglomerate comprising 44 different companies including chemicals, telecommunications and, of course, Korea's first consumer electronics products.
Koo was born on Aug. 27, 1907, in Jisu-myun, South Gyeongsang province. Raised in a traditional noble family emphasizing Confucian values, he studied the Chinese classics during his childhood. When he turned 14, he married Eul Su Huh. After graduating from Jisu Elementary School, he went to Jungang High School in Seoul. In 1931, he returned to his hometown and, capitalizing on his experience in running a co-op, he opened his own draper called Koo In Hwoi Store in Jinju and began his career as an entrepreneur.
Shortly after national liberation from Japanese rule following World War II, Koo relocated the base of his business to Busan. He began selling cosmetics, but also decided to produce a cosmetics cream himself and established Lak Hui – pronounced "lucky" in January 1947, the first half of what would become LG.
The success of Lucky Cream cleared the way for LG to become the first Korean company to enter into the plastics industry. He marketed various plastic household products, including combs, toothbrushes and dishware. He also developed and produced quality Korean toothpaste that replaced U.S.-made Colgate as the top seller in Korea.
While growing the plastics business, Koo also established GoldStar Co. Ltd. in 1958, the first Korean electronics company. A year later, GoldStar produced Korea's first home-grown consumer electronics product, the A-501 dual-band (medium and shortwave) tabletop radio. This led to a streak of "Korea's first" products, including telephones, fans, refrigerators, television sets and washing machines, which brought tremendous change to the lives of Koreans and accelerated the country's rise as a global player in electronics and IT. Lak Hui and GoldStar merged in 1995 to establish the modern incarnation of LG.
Koo went on to found a number of companies in the chemical and electronics industries, including a cable manufacturing company in 1962 that produced cables for electricity and telecommunications installations. Koo's companies also played an important role in building much-needed infrastructure in Korea, including telecommunications, by founding a company that produced switchboards and public telephones.
Koo established GoldStar's first overseas branch in New York in 196


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At the Ambo
Religious studies lecturer Jean Molesky-Poz comments on the unique perspective of women preachers.
Confronting the unspeakable
Peace activist and writer James Douglass '61 finds hope in the tragedy of Kennedy's assassination. Nov. 22 marks the 50th anniversary of that painful day.
All things are possible
The Valley of Amazement: Amy Tan talks about how her new novel came to be—and she discusses with writer Ron Hansen how Santa Clara figured into the origins of her groundbreaking first novel, The Joy Luck Club.
The difference maker
She's a good player in the U.S., but in Mexico, Sofia Huerta '15 has a great chance to make a real difference in women's soccer.
A powerhouse of high tech law
SCU grads populate the top ranks of Silicon Valley legal departments because technology is "everywhere they turn," says High Tech Law Institute director Eric Goldman.
In pursuit of a pastoral church
National Catholic Reporter senior analyst Thomas Reese, S.J., argues how Pope Francis might reform the Catholic Church.
Building walls, breaking down barriers
Some might think there's nothing a 75-year-old Jesuit priest can teach a bunch of college kids when it comes to technology. They haven't met James Reites, S.J., MST '71.
One in a million
A note of thanks to the SCU alumni. You came through in record numbers to secure a $1 million challenge grant for the University.
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Good light
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Radiant house
Building a house for the 2013 Solar Decathlon. That, and changing the world.
Américas cuisine
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Lessons from the field
Taut and tranquil moments in Afghanistan—an essay in words and images.
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Carried with compassion
The Dalai Lama's first visit to Santa Clara.
Farther afield
Building safer houses in Ecuador. Research on capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica. Helping empower girls in The Gambia. And this is just the beginning for the Johnson Scholars Program.
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No matter how hard or fast you work, there's just not enough time
A recent survey by Right Management reported that just one in five employees take an actual lunch break. The rest eat at their desk or skip lunch completely. This came as no surprise, especially considering how busy all of the executives with whom I speak say they and their employees are.
For those who fall into that 80 percent, consistently putting heads down and plowing through the mountains of work, client meetings and financial analysis that require constant attention, few songs put it better than Pink Floyd's "Time."
"And then one day you find
10 years have got behind you
No one told you when to run
You missed the starting gun"
Time, as the song and the Right Management survey infers, is truly our main enemy. Everything else can be overcome. You can always work harder and longer to make more money, but you can't recapture lost time. And it seems that even when you clear your workload in hopes of tackling some of those "important-but-not-critical" projects, something critical instantly appears to fill the space.
Over a recent dinner with a few clients, the topic of conversation turned to balancing parenthood, marriage and business leadership. Each participant chimed in with nearly the same opinion: As business gets more and more competitive, it's imperative to fight the urge to focus solely on business at the expense of burning yourself or your team members out. You can win without killing yourself.
The consensus that evening was that no matter how quickly you move work off of your "to do" list and into the "completed" category, new work fills the void almost immediately. So why work at a breakneck pace to just get more of the same?
To me, at least, it seems time's often unspoken value is suddenly gaining a voice. Work-life balance used to be a platitude for most entrepreneurs and executives, but the more people I speak with the more I realize it is becoming something of a sanity check.
Getting a better handle on how each of us spends our valuable time is critical to not just our ability to have successful businesses but also successful personal lives.
I've said it several times this year and it's worth repeating again — the dynamics of the business world have changed. We are all doing more with less and growing our respective businesses through innovation, ingenuity and sweat equity rather than simply throwing money at expanded resources. This is our new business paradigm. And sadly, it doesn't include more time.
Dustin Klein is publisher and vice president of operations for Smart Business Network Inc.
David Harding: How to change your habits when it comes to controlling your day
It seems like our attention spans are getting shorter. We are bombarded with so much information today that it's hard to concentrate.
Brian Tracy, whose books I think are great, such as "The Power of Self Discipline," said, "To start anything new, you must stop doing something old. Getting in means getting out."
Need to get more done in less time?
Analyze your time and have the courage to stop doing things that are no longer as important for you:
What do you do every day habitually, that you don't need to do anymore?
Can you delegate it?
Which activities could you discontinue to free up more time for higher value work?
Compare your daily activities against your annual income. Would you pay someone else your equivalent salary to do the same thing? If not, stop doing those activities and pass them onto others.
You can only gain control of your life to the degree to which you stop doing things that are no longer as valuable or as important to you as other things you could be doing.
Working over capacity
Today's average person works at 110 percent of capacity, and that's with multitasking. So how do you fit more in? Change your priorities. The things that were important may no longer be as important as you age, your family evolves and your work changes.
To stay at peak efficiency you have to continually ask yourself, "What can I cut back on, delegate or discontinue to free up more time?" Make this thinking your top priority each quarter.
Think about a mini-project, something that you can do in an hour or less that will either move you forward or help you catch up.
I keep a list of these handy, jotting down new ideas as they occur to me while working on larger projects.
Schedule work on a mini-project at least once a week. I usually jump on a mini-project that appeals to me to fill time that's suddenly free — for instance when an appointment is canceled at the last moment.
The idea is to keep your list short. When the list gets up to about six projects, start scheduling time to complete a few. You'll like crossing them off your list, and if you're at all like me, you'll relish the time spent on something invigorating, spontaneous and off-the-beaten path.
Drive your day — don't let it drive you
Don't you hate it when you have a full schedule planned, and by mid-afternoon you're basically in the same place you were first thing in the morning? Stuff comes up that needs attention. And it's never-ending.
Instead of letting your day drive you, drive your day. Don't rob yourself of control over your most important asset: time.
Divide your days into three sections. Make your contacts (phone calls, e-mails, meetings) in the morning when you are fresh and you are most likely to catch people in. Do your large scale, important work in the afternoon (thinking and problem-solving) when you are likely to have more information at hand and the office is quieter.
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These are routines that work. See how they change your productivity.
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A Thriving European Business CommunitySimon Walker, Director General of the Institute of Directors (IoD) watches with concern what's happening in the Eurozone. The IoD is Europe's largest organization for business leaders. Among its members are some of the most skilled and influential world leaders, from start-up entrepreneurs to directors in the public sector to CEOs of multinationals. We meet at one of IoD's premises – 116 Pall Mall – a magnificent Crown Estate building in the heart of the West End of London. What are the conversations like on the topic "Europe"? "The IoD has over 40,000 individual members, so we represent a cross section of the whole of British business, from SMEs to the FTSE 100. Therefore, opinions vary. I think though, as do most British businesses, that IoD members recognize Europe as a principal market. "We are deeply effected by it, so we can't afford to be completely detached from it." Does the IoD take positions? "We take a position on issues that are of concern to the business community, such as when taxes on aviation make Europe a more expensive place to fly than the rest of the world. We are big believers in Jacques Delors' concept of subsidiarity – a belief that decision-making ought to be made at the most local possible level. We respect enormously the individual conscience and entrepreneurial practices in different member states of the EU, but also realize that they are very different. We feel there ought to be respect for individual approaches. Yes, we are worried about what some European Union institutions are putting forward in terms of 'harmonization.' I think there needs to be recognition that fiscal discipline and common economic values have to be shared in order to make a single currency work. And I have sympathy with the Germans who say 'I don't want to subsidize the Greek economy.' The concept of solidarity, which is so freely talked about in Europe, isn't universally shared in Europe I'm afraid... Basically I'm not a believer in regulation. Regulation should only be imposed where it's absolutely necessary. People should be free to operate as they wish. "I would say, realistically, there's no prospect of Britain joining the euro in my lifetime," And what about leadership and entrepreneurship? "Strategic direction, that has to be the primary responsibility of a leader. But the most important aspect is integrity and the recognition of responsibility to society, the company itself and people. I use the word 'stewardship' a lot. It's fundamentally vital to be honest, but it's not enough: you have to be attentive and aware. There must be a commitment to the well-being. Leadership is also about future generations. The IoD is focussing on the next generation of IoD members. I think the most exciting thing that a young person can do is to start up a new business, to pursue a new idea. Starting up an enterprise after leaving university is much more exciting than going into established organizations. We should stimulate that! We can't beat our Asian competitors on the base of cheap labor; we can only succeed on the base of ideas and entrepreneurial skills. "An opportunity for Europe? To stimulate young people to start up their own businesses" What can the IoD contribute to Europe? "Perspective on governance issues, on the responsibilities of directors, on liberal enterprise trading issues: the IoD can be a partner on all of these issues. We have branches in EU countries – in Belgium, in the Netherlands – and we are very keen to develop that. I want the IoD to be a leader in corporate governance issues on an international basis. Britain and Holland have always had a strong commercial relationship through companies like Philips, Shell and Unilever. That historic link as big traders, free traders, has been particularly important, and demonstrates a special relationship between our countries. "My aim is to bring to the IoD the most talented and able young people I can find." Marianne van Munster, Senior Program Director (Associated) (email@example.com)
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The Cayenne S Hybrid has a 3.0-litre V6 supercharged engine. The charging effect of the compressor ensures high levels of torque, even at low engine speeds. The unit generates an output of 245 kW (333 hp). 440 Nm of torque is available between 3,000 and 5,250 rpm, enabling a low-rev, economical driving style while offering exceptional reserves of power.
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On the parallel full hybrid system, the electric machine is integrated directly into the drivetrain. The hybrid module is situated between the transmission and the combustion engine. The engine is engaged and disengaged using a specially designed decoupler.
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The parallel full hybrid concept also comes into its own during performance driving. When the Cayenne S Hybrid is driven at high speeds and on overrun, the combustion engine is automatically disengaged from the drivetrain and shut off: the car continues to 'coast' along. Engine drag and the associated losses are eliminated and efficiency is increased at speeds of up to 156 km/h.
The 'e-power' button can be used to expand the range in which the vehicle can be run solely on electric power, when heading out of a residential area, for instance. The throttle map is adapted so that the combustion engine is engaged later than in 'Normal' mode depending on performance requirements. This is activated via a button on the centre console.
The hybrid system features a high-voltage nickel metal hydride (NiMH) battery consisting of 240 cells. It provides the electric machine with the energy required for the vehicle to drive short distances solely on electric power.
The compact battery is located under the loadspace floor in the luggage compartment. Weighing approximately 80 kg, its dimensions are 426 mm x 925 mm x 286 mm.
The battery is designed to last without the need for any maintenance throughout its entire life. As the electric machine also functions as a generator, it can charge the battery under certain conditions when the combustion engine is in part-throttle mode and through energy recovery during braking. A special battery management and cooling system maintains a constant temperature and protects the battery from overheating. It also monitors the charge/discharge processes. As a result, the life of the battery is optimised and its suitability for everyday use ensured, while offering a high capacity: 1.7 kWh.
Systems that are usually dependent on the output provided by the combustion engine, such as climate control, power steering and brake assist, run solely on electricity on the Cayenne S Hybrid. As they do not rely on output from the engine, these functions remain active when the car is running in electric mode or when it is 'coasting' or gliding along with the engine turned off.
In summary: despite its six-cylinder powerplant, the Cayenne S Hybrid offers performance levels that are comparable with an eight-cylinder unit – but with significantly lower fuel consumption. Also when it comes to hybrid drives, we've taken a completely new path. Hardly surprising really, with a technology this convincing.
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Are you a Stravasshole?
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Stravasshole : an individual Strava-ing at the expense of common courtesy.
Strava is fun and I like to go "Strava-ing on the weekends". For those unfamilier with this term, Strava is a the ability to track your rides with GPS AND (most importantly) compete not in real-time with other riders of the road or trail for the fastest time. There are other products that provide rich GPS ride tracking like Ride with GPS and MapMyRide is getting into KOM's as well but Strava isn't about it's GPS technical excellence it's all about public display of winning. But like any disruptive technology that hits the market like Facebook, Twitter or camera phones, bad uses arise and with Strava these people are called Stravassholes.
Recently on MTBR Forums a Post about Stravassholes was made
So over the last year or so the rides tracked on Strava here in the FR have blown thru the roof, especially in the Golden area. the lookout road climb had always been a biggie but now there are tons of UH and DH segments on dirt all over Chimney, WR, NTM, STM, etc. Initially I was hooked, I was riding better when I knew I was on the clock. Since however, realized its clearly a double edge sword. Was ascending last week, some ***** comes whipping around, saw me and shouted "STRAVA! coming thru"...didn't bother to yield and blew by. not a huge deal, wide section of the trail, but got me wondering what the FR will be like when the entire FR is full of Stravons killling each other for the KOM. oh well.
- Choosing a Strava Segment due to favorable winds
- Stravaing while in a pack, no, this is a solo thing
- Descending in a bubble and yelling "Strava"
- Posting your Strava account link on your resume
- Add your ways in the comments below
Are we becoming Stravassholes with this new technology?
I posted this question to Facebook recently and got some interesting feedback, as one person said, Assholes are Assholes, Strava just gave them a platform to amplify it.
But I like Strava as it allows us to do something not so easily done before and to use it in innovative ways like create a race without ever having a race or easily see how my climbing or descending compares to my peers or just for myself and how I perform on my weekly personal hard ride day. With tools like Strava one could create a entire race series for a Summer and never have to get a permit, have insurance or get it sanctioned, how cool would that be?! It can also be very disheartening at times like when I blew a personal record on NCAR last week only to find out that put in me 39th place (I'm not even going to try to beat the downhill segment).
If you haven't tried Strava or any of the Strava like products (Ride with GPS, MapMyRide, or MyTracks (Google)) than be cautious, it can be addictive and if you have any bit of asshole in you then it will get amplified and your inner Stravasshole will come out.
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They do so to lessen the
Submitted by 2mc (not verified) on
They do so to lessen the percentages that their KOM will be taken away.
Think of it, while on your next ride if your bombing down a road and you happen to make it through a couple of green lights why not make that a segment? You'll be KOM for quite some time as anyone trying to beat will have to be as fortunate as you to beat the lights.
many are auto created
Submitted by Ben (not verified) on
many segments are auto created - when I first uploaded data to Strava, It created quite a few segments for me and it has continued to do so. They show up as created by me, but I didn't make an effort to do so.
Its a fun diversion, so I've never taken it seriously to go through and verify all of the segments it creates. If someone beats me; oh well. I use it as entertainment with some sections as a gauge of my fitness (which I do find quite useful). If you find a segment that spans traffic lights and really feel seriously about it - then mark it as unsafe.
There's a reason why you have to get a permit to race
Submitted by Tom Reinhardt (not verified) on
It's about safety.
When I'm feeling competitive I go to digitalepo.com and tweak my rides. I earn a KOM sitting in my office without endangering anyone.
I ride with @ssholes all the time, they're called 'motorists'..
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
If we can deal with it, so can you!
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Is Lance a Stravasshole
Submitted by David on
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Common Sense about downhills and Strava liability
Submitted by Fuketa Ojisan (not verified) on
Strava is being an ******* itself for asking other people to do their job and mark the courses as unsafe.Statistically speaking the company is speeding down the same downhills and overtaking cars with the reckless confidence and exuberance. There are a few downhill segments I have ridden which I think are unsafe, but I'd rather avoid feeling like a squeeler weenie and marking them as unsafe. Strava makes the bucks but the fallout of accidents could hurt innocent non-cyclists and certainly darken the image of cycling.
If you look what races have to go through with permits and road closings ...
How would you propose that
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
How would you propose that Strava somehow checks the real-world safety status of the various routes? Asking the Strava users to be responsible and help in this process seems like a really good idea.
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At Farnborough Air Show, Volvo Aero launches a new way to offer customized services to the global aviation community.
Volvo CE is launching its ECR range of short swing radius compact excavators from 2.5 to 8 tonnes, designed to meet the needs of operators working in confined areas.
Volvo hereby invites the mass media to a press conference on Wednesday, July 21 in conjunction with the release of the Volvo Group's report on the second quarter 2004.
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has sold its compact motor grader business to Champion LLC, Charlotte, North Carolina, a company organized by Gary Abernathy, manager of the Volvo compact motor grader product line since 1997. Abernathy became of manager of the business in 1993 under its previous owner, Champion Road Machinery, Ltd., which was acquired by Volvo CE in 1997.
The southern hemisphere will mount its strongest challenge for many years in the upcoming Volvo Ocean Race. Two teams, one from Australia and one from Brazil, are preparing to build boats.
Volvo Bus Corporation has received one of the largest single orders ever in the UK. It's an order from the bus operator First for 486 Volvo buses with Wrightbus bodies.
Volvo Construction Equipment has acquired the engine remanufacturing-related assets of ECHO Industries, Inc (ECHO), Charlotte, North Carolina; the primary supplier of remanufactured engines to Volvo CE in North America. The acquisition is effective 28 June, 2004.
Volvo Penta's 12-liter diesel engines are gaining increasing numbers of customers among machine producers worldwide. When KCI Konecranes of Finland, a leading manufacturer of lifting equipment, secured a major order for gantry cranes, the power unit chosen was Volvo Penta's 12-liter engine – despite the fact that similar cranes had previously been equipped with 15-liter engines.
Volvo Penta is delivering generator sets to a total of eight tanker vessels ordered by the Russian shipping company Palmali Shipping.


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Series 3 - Episode 3
Elliott has to perform a tricky delivery in Yorkshire.
20 young hopefuls compete to win 10 places on the firm's coveted apprenticeship scheme and seasoned pro Tim Fox takes his biomass juggernaut on the road to deliver recyclable garden waste in dangerously high winds.
Elsewhere, two unlucky passengers come unstuck at Southend Airport, as the company attempt to conquer the airways in their latest £100million venture.
Elliott has to perform a tricky delivery in Yorkshire.
It's panic stations when the haulage firm's trucking festival needs a last-minute change of venue.
Stobart takes to the skies when it invests in an airline.
Stobart is the best lets have more
This would be better if there were no adverts online:(
this show is class! i dont c why they invest in major ferries across the irish sea like stena or irish ferries. :)
I love Eddie Stobart. These silly comments people write, if you don't like the show then don't sit there for an hour and watch it. There are enough channels these days just turn over for goodness sake!
i like this show
world best programme
Why is their footage in this episode which is a repeat of the previous episode? The two women at the wedding was in episode 1 wasn't it?
what a load of rubbish same old dramatic music will they make it or wont they why have i wasted a hour of my life i will never get it back and knowing my luck i will get stuck behind a stobart waggon on my way home
we all stomp the tarmac an take goods all over the country not just stobarts an we all tramp out in our trucks were just not on telly thanks one of britians many other truckers on the road
Can you explain to me why when i try to watch this programme on your website the adverts run without a problem and then the main feature has a problem and is not available...I have tried to watch this programme for days now and it will not play....Tell me at the start if there is a problem not after 100 second of ads
I would enjoy this programme if it did n't keep freezing every few seconds and i cant spend 2 hrs watching it!!!!
Great programme, look forward to it every week, hope we get a series 4 at a later date.
cool program can not stop watching it lolz
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Harry who?. oh you mean that prat who thinks he's funny, he sould have stayed a doctor
same as last 2 so staged lol ...Harry Hill has it so right
I'm a traindriver & understand the discilpine & fortitude required to work in the transport sector.it's either suited to ya or it isn't.great viewing!
Eddie stobart should do caravan transport
I Can't get enough of Eddie Stobart!
drivers not got a clued swearing dose not help where kids are watching like
Stobart should start a bus company. Ill deffo work for them then
I have a new found respect for these drivers. I have now watched all episodes
Hi george I simply the best I Lots 80 my MUM and DAD said Man From Nick
isn't it just!!!
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comScore Media Metrix® Ranks Top 50 U.S. Desktop Web Properties for March 2014
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comScore Releases March 2014 U.S. Online Video Rankings
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Multi-Platform Measurement in Russia
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comScore Now Offers Actionable Brand Metrics for Mobile Advertising on Smartphones and Tablets
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comScore Releases March 2014 U.S. Search Engine Rankings
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The Lover's Knot
A Someday Quilts Mystery
Clare O'Donohue - Author
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In the tradition of Jennifer Chiaverini and Emilie Richards, a debut quilting mysteryODonohue debuts her Someday Quilts Mystery series with a promising story about womens friendships and quilting. It is a pleasant, even a gentle readexcept for the cheating boyfriend and the murder. Nell Fitzgerald is excited to receive a beautiful, handmade lovers-knot quilt as an engagement gift from her grandmother, Eleanor. But then things begin to go horribly wrong. Her fiancé, Ryan, suddenly decides to call off the wedding. Nell leaves New York to visit her grandmother in the small town of Archers Rest. As the grieving Nell becomes acquainted with her grandmothers quilt shop, called Someday Quilts, and her circle of friends, two more unfortunate events take place: her grandmother breaks her leg, and the body of a flirtatious handyman is found in the quilt shop. Nell turns her attention to solving the mystery, while the quilters begin to teach her about their art. Fiction about quilting is popular right now, and fans will make the connection to Jennifer Chiaverinis Elm Creek Quilts books and Emilie Richards Shenandoah Album series. Mystery readers will also think of Earlene Fowlers terrific Benni Harper series. Look forward to Nells further adventures in Archers Rest.
Nell Fitzgerald is thrilled when she receives a gorgeous handmade quilt in a lovers knot pattern from her grandmother Eleanor as an engagement gift. Her joy is short-lived, however, when her fiancé announces hes calling off the wedding. Heartbroken, 25-year-old Nell flees New York City for her grandmothers home in quaint Archers Rest. In this small town Eleanors life revolves around her quilt shop, Someday Quilts, and the members of the shops quilting circle.
When the body of a local handyman known for his flirting is found in the quilt shop, murdered with a pair of quilting scissors, Nell finds herself drawn into the case and drawn to the handsome police chief. As a pattern of clues begins to emerge, one of the prime suspects is Nells ex-fiancé, whose arrival in Archers Rest seems suspicious. The ladies of the quilting circle continue to piece together their quilts as Nell unravels the mystery. For quilters and mystery lovers alike, The Lovers Knot is a delightful and promising debut.
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Semi vs. Permanent2 of 14
Semi-permanent color — also known as semi-color — is usually a vegetable-based color that slowly washes out, said de la Vega, so it doesn't lighten or cover tough grays. Permanent color actually dyes the shaft of the hair, so there's no going back.
Single vs. Double3 of 14
A single-process hair color is just that – the color is applied and that's that. It can lighten or darken the hair, and "it can be a semi-permanent or permanent color," said Dorram. While a double process "is like Marilyn Monroe – bleaching out the hair and toning it." The latter, added Dorram, isn't a trifling matter, because "it's hard on the hair and it's high-maintenance."
Just the Highlights4 of 14
There are dozens of ways to highlight hair, said de la Vega, including balayage — which is hand-painting the hair with highlights — using fingers or a spatula to deposit a lightening cocktail and, of course, foiling, which involves strategic strands of hair painted (usually with a flat brush), then wrapped up into neat little packets and left to lighten.
Framing the Face5 of 14
"The worst kind of highlights are those that are evenly dispersed from the front to back," said Dorram, who looks to kids' sun-streaked hair as a model for her highlights. To avoid the dreaded striped-tiger look, concentrate the heaviest highlights around your face, and if you're a brunette, don't rock highlights that are drastically lighter than your base color.
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When describing your perfect hue to a colorist, come armed with a photo, said de la Vega, because "amber-y brown" and "really blond" probably means something different to just about everyone. Dorram also recommends trying on wigs prior to your appointment if you're in the market for a major color change.
Know When To Walk Away7 of 14
Dorram suggested being wary of any colorist who automatically recommends changing your hair's base color — which requires regular, pricey salon visits for upkeep. "It's an easy out or it could be a quick fix," she explained, adding, "I try to give people low-maintenance hair color. Nobody wants to spend $500 every five weeks."
Getting Real8 of 14
The most unrealistic requests, Dorram notes, are dark brunettes asking to be Reese Witherspoon-style blond. "If hair is thick and strong, you do highlights," she noted. Still, Doram is always hesitant to change the base color of hair when it involves major lifting (or lightening).
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Hair color that ravages hair is all but nonexistent in professional salons these days, said de la Vega, adding, "There's a lot of concern over keeping the hair healthy in the products we use now." But neither colorist would vouch for the hair-protecting qualities of at-home hair color, so stick to major brands if you're new to home coloring.
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When coloring hair at home, Dorram recommends attempting a single-process color only, and "you never want to go one or two shades darker or lighter with a home color." As for do-it-yourself highlights, "I wouldn't recommend it," said Dorram, while de la Vega added, "You could end up with problems — patches, burned hair…not good."
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Toner is a product used on highlights to gently tweak the hue of the newly lifted hair color and add shine. But "when the client doesn't want any gold in her highlights, you don't need to tone," said de la Vega. But achieving highlights without any trace of gold is only realistic for the light-locked. "If you're dark brunet, it would be impossible; it would be burning your hair."
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Yes, it matters what shampoo and conditioner you use if you have colored or highlighted hair, said de la Vega. "By using a specialized color shampoo and conditioner with an anti-fade ingredient, you will protect the color." Shampoos and conditioners formulated for specific colors— even those from grocery-aisle brands — are a better choice than sulfate-heavy products made to scour manes squeaky clean.
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Plenty of roster turnover for Oklahoma State
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